Dolphins long snapper John Denney's consecutive game streak could be in jeopardy

Surprisingly, the Dolphins didn’t suffer a lot of injuries during Sunday’s marathon game against the Titans. However, a key player that plays a significant position did suffer an injury.

Long snapper John Denney played in his 209th consecutive game on Sunday as he is the active leader in consecutive games played. But Denney sustained a shoulder injury as he was replaced by Dolphins rookie tight end Durham Smythe. Mike Hull is usually the Dolphins emergency long snapper, but he is currently on injured reserve because of a knee injury.

On Monday, Dolphins head coach Adam Gase said the team is still evaluating Denney’s injury.

“It’s one of the ones that I wish nobody would tell me,” Gase said jokingly. “I found out right before the ball was snapped. That was interesting.”

If Denney cannot play in Sunday’s game against the Jets at MetLife Stadium, the Dolphins might have to sign someone from the free agent market.

Denney has appeared in every Dolphins game since he was signed as an undrafted free agent out of BYU back in 2005.

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